Sunday, April 6, 2008

Why does she get a $177,698-a-year salary?

Nazli Parvizi didn't think her passion for food prepared her to work for Mayor Bloomberg. Yet as his community affairs czar, it's proven essential.

"I can get anyone to talk to me about food and then I can get them to talk about their family and then I can get them to talk about their community," she said over Vietnamese coffee at Nha Trang Palace, one of her favorite spots in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.

The Iranian-born former caterer provides a crucial bridge between New Yorkers and city government.

Can anyone out there honestly say that the community affairs unit helped them in any way with anything? All those guys do is make excuses for why the city isn't providing the services you pay for. This is nothing more than a job given as a reward for political loyalty. Intelligent and ambitious people need not apply. You serve cream puffs for a living and swoon over Bloomie? You're in.

I love how CAU tried to get involved in the flooding problem this past summer. They had facilitated a secret meeting which was closed to the public and tried to prevent the public from expresing their furstration to city officials. Now that's assisting the community - great job. And at the end of the day, what was done about the problem? Not a god damn thing, so we'll be up to our necks again this summer.

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